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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-04
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

Post onice-H, W. Goddard, 7. NJ, Malls
close at 80 u, M; arrive at 8 and 5 40 p,m m,
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For Sale.

One two Horse Lumber Wagon
and one Buggy Wagon, will be sold
low for cash.
JONAS HILL.
Bondville, July 2Sth.
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"The good that men do live after
them" and if you want to lay up
treasures &C., shoulder your scythe
and rake and go next Tuesday and
help cut and get in Winfield Wright's
hay. Remember next Tuesday.
Fred A. Walker has gone to Troy,
N. Y. and will probably remain sew
eral months.
Romance Campbell of Brandon,
son of Mrs. VIM. Thompson made
his mother brief visit this week.
Mrs. Geo. Hobart of Londonderry
has been visiting with the family OF
VIM. Yearly during the past week,
Mrs. II. ii. Howe, whom the SIF-
TER reported i'll last week, is much
better.
A landlord once called his maid Zephyr,
She seemed such an amiable hephyr:
Which when his wife came to hear
She bit of his right ear,
And now the old landlords much dephyr.
And now Frank Howard comes up
smiling and says that he beats Mrs.
Fuller two days on the ripe tomatoes.
To our distant friends, who would
know of the weather in Vermont, we
beg to refer them to "Cousin Nell"
in this issue. She tells it fairly.
The outlook is that large num-
Der from this section will attend the
Bennington celebration on the 10th.
c. A. Whitman and wife from
Adams, Mass. and Geo. ii. Walker
and wife of Putney, old residents of
this place, arrived yesterday, and
everybody is glad to see them.
Sam Arnold, wife and child of St.
Louis, Mo. are guests of the Melen-
dy Bros.
Mark Harrington, who went from
this place a year ago to Gardner,
Mas, suffered small loss by fire Il
few days since. The barn and ell
part of his house burning.
sAGwA WON'T SAVE
Two or three miserable whelps that
owe us for this paper, and one of
these fine days, unless they pay up,
we shall publish their names in broad
faced letters and with brief biograph-
ical annotations. Dye hear!
DR.. d. H. Marden has a quarter
of an acle of field corn that takes the
cake-and it will soon make the cake
Judging from the handsome ear, 1C
l-2 inches in length and filled from
tip to tip, the doctor brought into this
office on the 30th day Of July. Field
corn big enough to eat, on these
mountains the 30th day of July Is
rather rarity. Aprops Mr.. Larkir
Smith has q few rows in his gar.
den that can't be beat for monstrous
growth.
at was honest Tabor Coombs and San
Estabrooks,
They were not very handsome but quit'
clever folks,
1t was on Turkey Mountain 1 think i
was there,
They had such a terrible fray with a bear.
About IS years ago two men, it i:
said, thought they had freed bear
and after much ado the tree was GU
down and 10 it was a hedgehog. This
made much sport at the time and i
was made the subject of a ballad from
which the above is taken as recalled
from memory by two of our old citi
zens. If a copy Of this ballad is il
existence the SITTER wants it, and il
anyone will send it we will send, in
return, a half dozen copies of thu
SITTER containing the production.
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Telegraph ofllces at depot. Telephone office
at smiths Drug Store.
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HONOR TO WHOM HONOR Is DUE.

HONOR TO WHOM HONOR Is DUE.
In 1882 there died in this town one Ma
ry Aiken, at the age of 50. In early child
hood she was afflicted by scarlet fever and
came out of it deaf and, consequently,
grew up dumb, and remained so till her
death. For portion of her life she was
a town charge, but some 10 or twenty
years ago she was taken into the Melendy
family where she found good home,
free of charge to the town or any one
else, for IA years. At the death of Mrs.
f. w. Melendy the condition of the fam
lily was such that they could not keep her
and she again became town charge and
was placed in the family of Elbridge
Eames where in a short time she died and
was buried at the towns expense. Her
gratitude to the family who for IA years
found her pleasant home was very deep
and manifested itself in all her acts and
sign-words toward them, and when visit
ed by them as she lay upon her death-bed
she was much elated and it was indeed 0
her a dying solace.
But to the matter which prompted this
writing: After vainly soliciting aid of rel
atives of the deceased the brothers, +.
w. ard j. w. Melendy, have procured,
at their own expense, a neat headstone to
mark the final resting place of poor deaf
and dumb Mary.
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The Chicago Fire.

The Chicago fire was the greatest con-
fagration since the burning of Moscow
in 1912. The fire started in the evening
of October 8, 1871, in barn in remote
portion of the city, where vicious COW
kicked over a lamp. Seventeen thou
sand four hundred and fifty buildings
were destroyed, and tract of 2, 124 acres
was ravaged; 1000 stores, twenty.eight
hotels, sixty churches and 1900 dwell
ings, covering an area of four miles long,
by one mile wide, were burned; $l75,
100000 was lost. The insurance,
amounting to s9s, 100000, was distrib'
uted among 200 insurance compa nies,
and sixty-four of them failed in conse-
quence of the great business pressure.
Two hundred and fifty lives were lost.
Contributions for sufferers were received
from every part of the United States, and
also from Canada and from England.
Scarcely a trace of the great conflagra
tion of 1871 now remains in Chicago,
which has been rebuilt on much grandel
scale. e.-Detroit Free Press.
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Minstrels and Burnt Cork.

The popular idea is that We put some
sort of greasy preparation on our faces to
make the burnt cork come off easily,
says famous negro minstrel to Phila-
delphia Neus reporter; but if a man
wants to become permanently black, all
he need do is to grease his face before he
blacks up. 1t would keep him scrubbing
all night, and he would have to take
the skin off before he could get it out.
The preparation of the cork is simple.
The property man put.his.corks in pan,
pours little alcohol over them, lights
the alcohol, and the heat does the rest.
A little rubbing between the hands
smoothes out the Jumps and the grit.
There's another way to take out the grit,
which is to drop the burnt cork into a
tub of water, and the grit goes to the
bottom. All he has to do is to skim off
the floating substance, and he has the
fine particles. A little water makes this
into a paste ready for use.
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Mans Life.

- Mans life, from infancy to tottering
age, is one continued struggle with hives,
wind-colic, mumps, chicken-pox, inca
slcs, scarletina, whooping-cough ii, gum
boils, corns, headache, carbuncles, chill
blains, bile, toothache, rheumatism, cur.
rant worms, gout, potato bugs, dead
beats, weevil, frowsy butter, cigarettes
and smallpox. He tighteth them at every
turn. He diligently applieth paregoric,
senna, Paris green, faxseed poultice, oil
of cajeput petroleum liniment, Jamaica
ginger and camphor gum, and yet he is
not happy. His steps shorten; his teeth
decay his strength giveth out; his frame
tottereth his beauty fadeth; he droppeth
by the way; the grass groweth over
his grave and he is forgotten. In con-
sideration of these facts it behooTeth
every man to buy least one spring
election, and thus carve for himself a
name that shall be inscribed on the
records of his native town, associated
with the honorable title of notary public
or pound master. Thus may his fame be
handed down to posterity though his
bones shall mingle with the all absorbing
clods of the quiet valley.-DansriN'
Breeze.
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Cannibalism as 1t Is.

Although cannlbalism Is reported by
missionaries to have died out among tht
islands of the South Seas, it is far more
common than is generally imagined, say!
a writer in the San Francisco Chronicle
In New Ireland saw big fight between
two villages, and after the battle the
bodies of those who had fallen were eaten.
The bodies, after being scalded in hot
water, are scraped with bamboo knife
by old women. An old man cuts up the
bodies, taking care to keep the thigh and
shin bones, which are used for spear
heads.
After being wrapped in stout leaves, the
dismembered cadavers are placed in ovens
dug in the ground and in four days are
ready for eating. The natives made no
concealment of their disgusting meal, and
during the feast they held wild dancing
and orgies. The preparation of sago,
cocoanut and human brains is called SAX
SAX, and is in great demand among
women. The females seem to be m
brutal and savage than the men dur
this cannibal banquet.
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A japanese Baby in Washington.

Nine. Kuki's baby is the son of the
japanese Minister, and its pretty little
japanese eyes and its yellow cream COM
plexion, together with its winning ways,
make it as beautiful as any American
baby You have ever seen. Its hair is jet
black, and it laughs and cries just like
an American baby. 1t is the pride of the
japanese Minister'S heart. He shows it
to all of his friends, and brings it out now
and then on State occasions.
Nine. Kuki, its mother, is very &C
complished lady. She is fine looking,
and she wears dresses and diamonds as
fine as any you have seen at a White
House reception. She has a creamy yel-
low complexion, black eyes with half
closed lids, and masses of blue-black
hair wound at the back of her head. She
dresses in European style, and she keeps
her baby dressed in the same manner.
The little one is now two years old, and
begins to prattle in broken English
Washington Letter.
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Tins and Downs in Wall Street

An old gentleman whom the writer
yesterday, in four years paid one firm
Wall street the sum of $3.50, 900 in ct
missions. He was wealthy man W.
he went into the street with lauda
but unwarrantable desire to increase
patrimony by specializing in stocks. M
so heavy have been his losses that
would be satisfied if he possessed
sum he has paid out in commissions.
it is, he will cheerfully accept a Gle
ship in the same firm. If he had b
contented with handsome sufficie
for the day, amounting really to SUI
abundance, he would now be in afFlue
instead of comparative destitution.
the other hand, young clerk who
years ago commenced to speculate in
street with 5000, the savings of a ye
abstinence from smoking, is wortl
real estate ever 1000, 600 and sew
more in securities. In Wall ST.
speculation what is game for one ma
ruin for another.-Mew York Ledger.
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Useful Hinls.

Whiting or ammonia in water is pref
ferablc to soap for cleaning windows.
The warmth of floors is greatly in
creased by having carpet lining of layers
of paper under the carpet.
Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks
where ants congregate will drive them
away. The same remedy is also good for
mice.
To make good liquid glue, put one
ounce of boraX into a pint of boiling
water, add two ounces of shellac and
boil until the shellac is dissolved. Bottle
for use.
Saleratus is excellent for removing
grease from woodwork which has not
been painted. Spread thickly over the
grease spots, moisten, and after it has re-
mained half-hour wash off with tcpid
soap suds.
A nice way to freshen old-fashioned
silk, making It look like new surah, is to
sponge it carefully with strong coffee.
While damp, lay it wrong side up on an
ironing board and place paper over it,
then press with warm iron. Be sure
the coffee is perfectly settled until clear
before using. This is also good to fresncn
black lace, cashmere, ribbon and alpaca.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.

CURE FOR DANDRUFF.-Make prepa-
ration of one ounce of -four of sulphur
and one quart of water, agitate the mix
ture at frequent intervals for few hours,
then pour off the clear liquid, and satu-
rate the head with this every morning. In
few weeks every trace of the dandruff
will disappear, and the hair will become
soft and glossy.
TooTuAcHE.-If the cavity is so great
as to allow the air to reach the nerve get
some spirits of nitre and mix with alum
saturatc little cotton with it and apply
it to the cavity. If the pain extends up
ward to the eye, or takes the form OF
neuralgia, procure some horseradish
leaves, take out the stems, wet them and
apply on the face over the pain. This
will generally bring relief.
To CURE FELoNs.-If at any time be-
fore suppuration com :nences, plenty OF
ice water is used, it will never fail in
producing a perfect cure. Hold the
affected part in ice cold water as long as
it can be borne. withdraw it for rest
and repeat. Keep up this process for
half day, if necessary. 1t will at last
overcome the inflammation, and that is all
there is of felon in its first stages.
POISONOUS SNAKE BITEs.-Take a
spoonful of sweet oil, internally, and also
bathe the wound with the same. 1t is
said to have cured one case that had been
thirty days standing. 1t will cure the
sting of bees, spiders or other insects,
and persons who have been poisoned by a
low running vine called ivy. It'll equally
good to cure animals. To cure horse 1t
requires eight times as much as for a
man.
For SORE THRoAT.-Buy at a drug
store one ounce of camphorated oil, and
five cents worth of chlorate of potash.
Whenever any soreness appears in the
throat, put the potash in half a tumbser
of water, and with it gargle the throat
thoroughly, then rub the neck thor
oughly with the camphorated oil at night
before going to bed, and also place
around the throat small strip of woolen
flannel. This is simple, cheap and sure
remedy.
LOTION For FREcKLEs. Horseradish
grated into a cup of cold sour milk-let
it stand twelve hours, then strain and
apply two or three times day-will, it
is said remove freckles from hands or
face in short time. Or, one ounce of
lemon juice mixed with a quarter of
a lrachm of pulverized borax and half a
drachm of sugar, will also remove them.
Keep the lotion in glass bottle corked
tightly few days before using, and ap-
ply to the freckles occasionly, and they
will soon be removed.
SUNsTRoKE AND APoPLExY.-First,
rub powerfully on the back and neck,
making horizontal and downward move
mcnts. Second, while rubbing call for
cold water Immediately, which apply
to the face and to the hair on the top
and side of the head. Third, call for a
bucket of water as hot rs can be borne.
and pour it by dipperfuls on the back of
the head and neck for several minutes.
The effect will be wonderful for vitaliz-
ing the medulla oblongata; it also vital
ICES the whole body and the patient will
generally start into conscious life in a
very short time. The application must
necessarily be made with promptness.-
Health and Home.
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halliasds and sent quartermaster up to

halliards and sent q quartermaster up to
him with his compliments, requesting
him to make the rope fast around his
body and to the rigging, so that IN case
he was wounded he would not fall over
board, which, with the assistance OF the
quartermaster, was done. ,
Secretary Whitney recently, ordered
that the Hartford be condemned, but has
rescinded the order in Difference to a
public sentiment, and has directed that
the old vessel should be repaired, which
will be done at Mare Island navy-yard,
at the estimated cost of $780, 600. In
front of the mizzen-mast, on the poop,
Just above the ships wheel, are the words
of Farragut in golden letters: "Go
Ahead. ."-San Francisco CaM
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Killed on the Rail.

The number of small animals and birds
killed on railroads is surprising, and it is
odd to see game which hunters find most
difficult to capture meet death under the
wheels of the often slow-moving coal and
freight trains. Woodchucks, skunks,
nearly all kinds of squirrels, raccoons,
and even feet-footed rabbits are fire.
ouently victims of the rail. Telegraph
wires, too, are deadly to winged game,
and quail, woodcock and smaller birds
are often killed by striking them
GL0be Democrat.
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To Get Plenty of Leisure.

Fist Merchant-''Warm, isn't it2"
Second Merchant Very sultry.
Makes me think of the seashore or the
mountains; but can't get away"
"I'll tell you how you can get plenty
of leisure time"
"Howw
Take your advertisement out Of the
paper."-Philadelphia CaU.
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JOIN Tie MafrIaHc EHuUWutUI 1AsSUVId-
tion :" 500 at marriage. See advertisement.
The city Of Little Rock, Ark, offers every in
ducement to the manufacturer, merchant, me-
chan;c and homeseeker. Population about
$500, taxes low; good public schools, churches
and society Climate temperate all the year
round. 1t is an enterprising city, has railr ads
from five directions, about dozen centem-
plated lines, street railroads, gas, electric
light, paid fire department., two daily papers,
board of trade, etc. It is the capital Of the
State, tho geographical centre, and the chief
city in every respect. Land Ia chean, both lots
and suburban prop 'rty being on the market
Information in regard to Little Rock or Ar
kansas, will be furnished on application to the
Real Estate Exchange, Hon. Thomas Essex, or
The Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.
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The Alphabet Illustrated,

A is fer Apple. How small boys delight
To stand round an apple and beg for bite!
The Apple, D
E is for Ball. It is used in game
To capture gate money. How base is its sip1
The Ball, O
G is for Cup. When it's filed with hot tea
The women gos-sipit. They're fond Of beau-he'
The Cup. %
ID is for Dollar. A dollar, you know,
Is round That's the reason it rolls away so.
The Dollar, S
Z is for Egg. 1t is laid by a len.
When frcsh soft and cracked It resembles
some men.
The Egg, .
f is for Fishhook. This fishermen prize.
II they had no dshhook they wouldn't tell lies.
The Bishhook, J
@ is for Goblet. Some people, alas,
Get very red noses who look in this glass.
The Goblet,
H s for Hand. A hand costs lot
When some other fellow can rake in the pot.
The Hand, ~
I lie for Icicle. Like poor joke,
Its point is transparent and easily broke.
The 1cicle, V
j is for Jackstraws. This little game serves
To strengthen your patience and steady your
nerves.
The Jackstraws, I'LL
X is for Key. 'Tis whis-key that locks
The door Of q prison as tight Us box.
The Key, o.
L is for Line. Some statesmen ~ may wish
That lines they have written were dropped to
afsh.
The Line,
NJ is for Marbles. They have to be small,
or else little boys couldn't shoot 'em at all.
The Marbles, o o o
n Is for Note. 1t makes one feel blue,
Toknow that tomorrow theres one falling DUE
The Note, : I. o. U.
o is for Orange An orange farm pays
The sellers. The buyers but mortgages raise
The Orange, o
p is for Poker. Your mother-in-law
Should give you the poker If ever You "draw. ,
The Poker, o.
Q is for Question. First question the pop,
Then pop of the question before you can stop
The Question, |?
r. is for Ring. The ring we like bert
Comes out Of the dinner bell when we're g
guest.
8 is for Stars. They all scintillate true.
And, pardon the jest-nut, men sin till late, too
The Stars, ''''
II is for Tacks. When they 60 in your heel
An income tax heavy you probably feel.
The Tacks, T TT
U'sfor Umbrella We're betting cent
That someone will cay it ls used up and lent.
The Umbrella, 4
" is for Villain. A villain is bad
And ought to be waoped each day BY bis dad.
The Villain, o.
n
vs. for Worm. II on Sundays it's dug
1t goes with fshpole, man and Jug.
The Wsrm, %
Z for Example in algebra stands;
1t Itpuzzles our brains till our forehead expands
The Example, A-Y-CIB-&
e is for Yacht. Hold H'England, you know,
Sends over his yachts and we take 'em in tow
The Yacht, u
n is for Zigzag. Some men who get tight
Know all about zgzags and walk 'em at night.
The Zigzag, 3
H. C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
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Hoods SarsapariIla
RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH
CAN BE CURED.

SAN DE- W OQNn1s
CANANDAIauA, N. T., Nay %. 1850.
Pardes Aedieine Co.,
GENTLEMEN:-Nearly all winter I was
confined to my room with infammatory
rheumatism. commenced using DR..
Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy. but after
taking it for time the pain became more
intense, and I was alarmed and feared
the remedy was making me worse, but
continued Its use and soon the pain left
me, and [ gradually improved, the sore
ness leaving my arms and shoulders and
seeming to pass out at my toes. It has
completely cured me. At the time I
commenced using the remedy l had 2
throat difficulty and the catarrh. which I
found to be better after taking 1t, and it
occurred to me to use it a gargle,
which ! did, and to my great 1atisfaction
I Improved rapidly, and to-day am free
from both rheumatism and catarrh. l
consider it indispensable as family
medicine. I take one tesspoonful after
breakfast and find it splendid tonic.
I would advise you to recommend it as 8
gargle for throat troubles and catarrh,
for know it will cure. Ihave seen some
remarkables cures from the use of this
remedy, and it is one can recommend
to all.
lam, very truly yours,
E. R. MCCALL.
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A Strong Endowment

Is conferred upon that magnificent institution,
the human system, by DR.. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" that fortifes 1t against the
encroachments of disease. 1t is the great bic o l
purifier and alto "ative, and as remedy for
consumption, bronchitis, and all diseases of a
cious and permanent. Sold everywhere.
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A new and complete edition of
works of Galileo is 10 be published.
twenty quarto volumes of five hund
pages each, at the expense of the TIA
eoYernment.
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*.* = Premature decline Of power in
either sex, however induced. speedily and per-
manently cured. Book for 10 cents in stamps.
Worlds Dispensary Melic i Association, b53
Main Street, Buffalo, \. y.
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A Baltimore Police Officer, 80 years on
force, Mr.. Henry H. Durkee, says: II suff,
with poison oak for more than year. I Il
st. Jacobs Oil; after second application all
sores cried up and was cured. think 81
polno 1,la -
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Every Woman Knows Them.

or watch in its movements; II one goes too slow
or too fast, so follow all the others, and bad
time results; if one organ or set + organs
effort o. afl the organs is sure to follow. Hence
It is that the numerous al ments which make
woman's life miserable are the direct issue of
the abnorn al action Of the uterine system:
For all that numerous class Of symptoms-and
every woman knows them-there IS one un-
failing remedy, DR.. Pierce's "Fayorite Pre-
scription," )" the favorite Of the sex.
THERE are 1000 convic:s in Sing Sing Prison,
and it takes twenty-one barres of flour to
make bread for them every day.
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that S5 per cent. slept on the right sidI
per ceat. on the left, and 65 per cent, onI
back. 1t is not known that any partic}
harm can come from sleeping IN assumed
sitions
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MI. John Gutmon, Sherman, Ky, writes: u
have used St. Jacobs Oil for ten years. 1t al
ways cured the toothache in about ten min
utes." Sold by Druggists and Dealers.